The Air Defense units of the Artsakh Defense Army have shot down an Azerbaijani AN-2 unmanned bomber aircraft that had breached the airspace and was attacking Artsakh in the eastern direction on October 12.
Mnatsakanyan’s official visit to Russia was being planned and prepared for a lengthy time. He is also scheduled to have a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
The official visit of the Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to Moscow commenced.
The Azerbaijani forces have again launched offensive operations in different directions of the Artsakh frontline, Artsakh President’s spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.
The Azerbaijani armed forces are attempting to invade the town of Hadrut in Artsakh, the Artsakh presidential spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.
The Azerbaijani side has suffered huge losses both in the manpower and the military equipment after the failure of its encroachments against the Artsakh frontline overnight October 11-12.
The overnight situation at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact was “relatively stable and tense”, the Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said. However, the Azeri forces are again breaching the ceasefire.
Despite the ceasfire agreement reached between the Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs under the mediation of the Russian FM in Moscow, Azerbaijan continues to bomb Stepanakert, capital of Artsakh.
The Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan have emphasized the severe necessity to respect the ceasefire agreement in Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, ARMENPRESS reports the official website of the Russian MFA informs.
Today the Staff of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh got concrete information that the subversive group which entered Hadrut town on the morning killed 2 civilians at their home – the mother and her son with disability. We are making efforts to gather more information and will publish them tomorrow.
